%0 Journal Article
%T Human parvovirus B19-induced anaemia in pre-school children in Ilorin, Nigeria
%A Adesuyi A. Omoare
%A Olajide O. Agbede
%A Oluwaseyi S. Ashaka
%A Samuel K. Ernest
%J Archive of "African Journal of Laboratory Medicine".
%D 2018
%R 10.4102/ajlm.v7i1.615
%X Sera collected from 57 anaemic and 115 non-anaemic age-matched pre-school children in Ilorin, Nigeria, between November 2014 and December 2015 were assayed for human parvovirus B19-specific IgM antibodies by using the enzyme linked immunosorbent assay technique. A total of 17 (29.8%) anaemic children and 18 (15.7%) non-anaemic children were positive for parvovirus B19 infection. Infection with parvovirus B19 is common in this population, and screening for the virus during differential diagnosis is recommended
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5968871/